The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-07
tOMnITELE uILTING.
The Railroad Committee on sudden
tall Meet LII 'InS.c

together esterday at 4 o'clock. The
PRESIDENT had received letter from
the city council notifying them of al
extra session to be held last night and
inviting the committee TO meet the
council to consult on railroad mat
tiers, and the meeting was called to
arrange for the council meeting.
There was full representation. The
following were present: MIR. FL
Rotsu, Jno. fmks. >. W. Slsydcu. MIR. .
Eikel, VIM. Brou.tedt, W. L. Prather,
}. w. Castles, Col. Il. II. PARROT. W
y. Lacy, j. l. Moore, WIN. Cameron,
Jno. I. Walton. jas. II. Baker, Jack /.
Coruthcr-, sam sanger. c. VI. Selcy,
W. Y. Fort oud Judge Walker Mr.. .
Rotan. president, took the Chair and
explained the object OF the meeting TO
be TO discuss questions to Law before
/ the council which had invited them
| to meet mt night aud also to receive "a
/ communication he bad Just received
from MIR strong. OF A,chison, Topeka
aud santa 'c railway. in reply to- CONF
mittcc letters aud tclcgrAmy. The
following j. the letter
BosToN, Juuc /. - Il. liolan T. q,
Chairman CitiIcus' Committee, Waco,
IcN.-N our telegram ard letter OF
MAY 2ist came TO hand during my alb.
>Cucc in the west We recognize the
fact that Waco i, thriving city and
have no doubt that 1t would add large.
~ 10 the business of The road il we
should extend TO that point. our
present engagements. however, which
we are obliged TO carry out. are such
that 1t viii be iupraCticaOie for us to
consider the question of reaching
Waco the present year.
Yours Truly, WIN. Il. STRONG,
Mr.. Rotan explained that tho opeu
letter to the city council published in
the papers was not intended to repre-
sent the commit &c, IL wa, intended
10 provoke discus ion. lie would
now ask attention to ,he trong letter.
MIR. Slayden thought the letter Of Mr..
strong scut OFT al discus sion as to
, that rohd. The only thing to do was
/ 10 open up negotiations with the
D Arkansas Pass road. If 80 found
he was ,a,i,licd Waco could get that
/ road on good terms. rs to the meet
/ they ought to suggest that the city
l give double track to the roads. He
B. WAS not afraid OF the COrsicana aud
, lllilsboro. though he would rather
d not see it built. lie had no fears u
the Dallas and llillshoro. Ii wou,,
K. do Waco no harm and llilIsbOro 10
good. The question was asked IL th,
Dnllns n Iliil,b0ro road was tlNc,
Il route. Mr.. Lacy said he lad aehc,
Mr. Fleming of the Missouri PNciii,
about il aud he thought there was ,
chance that it was not. He (Alr. Lacy
i had lust written Mr.. Newman GSkiu!
if there wa, yet an open door fol
negotiation. II might do no good, il
r would do no harm. They should asl
II the council to give extra facilities i
g they could get II. Mr.. JAS. Bake
stated tina: Mr.. Fordycc had remark
ed to him some time ago that the re
tuSal of Waco to give double track e
Z his road was tho worst thing Wac,
had ever done. For his part he wa
alarmed something WAS not dom
y. We should have not u city but u dea'
- tOwL. The time had come to sen,
committees to those railroad mon
hunt them down if need be.
Here u long discussion arose q, I,
asking the council to give pcrmissio
to the roads TO double track tn
street., and it WAS moved that
~ should be asked TO give both roads
n double track Carried unanimously
ns Judge Walker said he was Wilin
n. 10 grant all the railroads tacilitic
The city OF Waco has a bad rcput'
iiun among railroads. We have give
roads the cold shoulder or we migt
have had the Gulf, Colorado and SAINT
tc and the Dallas and llillsbor
There was danger that both the Sant
fc and the Arkansas Pass would GRO
at Blue Shoals or Marlin. lie was
favor OF great measures to get tho'
roads. He urged this plan; That
fund he raised, that stephen Turn'
be engaged to survey route TO Can
erop, and that u corporation shout
, be formed, a charter secured and Il
All right of way to Cameron purchase
IN lie thought we could get the right 4,
,st way cheap, much cheaper than mi
Ell road corporation could, and once ha
81 iug Il right of way secured, the oil,
OF such IA road bed already secured
either of the roads would be MOI
- inducement than many times Il
amount of money.
Mr.. ;. w. Slayden offered resol
ton that committee be appointC
- to raise n railroad fund OF Sl25 600
permanent fund TO be used in 5
curing railroads, and that right
way aud terminal facilities be onerC
the Arkansas Pass road. Ruled out
order. At the poiat Mr.. Baker o
fcrcd resolution that commtt'
be sent TO see the managers Of Il
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe raj
road, and an amendment was oiicrC
that MIR. Strong be written again, rs
ing il he would receive such u con
mittce The amendment was carrie
Moved and carried that the city cou
c,l be asked to grant double track
the Cotton Belt ana the Missouri T.
ciic, carri2d. Resolution by NJ
. Sluyden that Il committee OF ten
I appointed to raise a railroad fund |